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People drive along a street in Taipei, Taiwan, 30 December 2025. China conducted live-fire drills in five designated maritime and airspace zones around Taiwan. — EPA
Trump downplays Chinese military maneuvers around Taiwan
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has downplayed China’s latest military maneuvers around Taiwan, while the People’s Liberation Army started a second day of drills that included live-fire practice in response to a major American weapons deal.The PLA conducted the firing exercises north of Taiwan, China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. Beijing has marked out seven large blocks in the ocean around the self-run democracy of 23 million people, creating room for it to hold its most expansive drills in decades.Trump said he is not worried about Beijing's military drills around Taiwan."I have a great relationship with President Xi [Jinping], and he hasn't told me anything about [the drills]. I certainly have seen it," Trump told reporters at a press...
December 30, 2025

Trump downplays Chinese military maneuvers around Taiwan

Khaleda Zia
Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia passes away
DHAKA —Bangladesh’s formerprime minister Khaleda ⁠Zia has died at a hospital in the country’s capital, Dhaka, ​after a ‍prolonged illness.In a statement on Tuesday, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said Zia died at 6 a.m. local time (00:00 GMT). She was 80 years old.Zia, the country's first female prime minister who many believed would sweep elections next year to lead her country once again, has died after a prolonged illness while under treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. Physicians had said on Monday said her condition was "extremely critical". She was put on life support, but it was not possible to provide multiple treatments at the same time given her age and overall poor health, they said.Despite her poor health, her party had earlier said that Zia would...
December 30, 2025

Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia passes away

Donald Trump
Hamas will have ‘hell to pay’ if it fails to disarm, Trump warns after meeting Netanyahu
PALM BEACH, Florida — US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas will have "very short period" of time to fully disarm, warning that if they didn't "there'll be hell to pay."Speaking at a press conference in Florida after talks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said he hoped to reach phase two of the Gaza peace plan "very quickly"."If they (Hamas) don't disarm – as they agreed to do, they agreed to it – then there'll be hell to pay for them," said Trump, whose 20-point peace plan requires the militant group to disarm. "And we don't want that. But they have to disarm within a fairly short period of time."Trump said Israel had "lived up to the plan 100%", despite continuing attacks by its military in Gaza.The US president also...
December 30, 2025

Hamas will have ‘hell to pay’ if it fails to disarm, Trump warns after meeting Netanyahu

President Volodymyr Zelensky — EPA
Ukraine denies drone attack on Putin's residence
KYIV — Ukraine emphatically denied a Russian allegation Monday that a Ukrainian drone attack targeted one of President Vladimir Putin’s residences.Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Kyiv had launched an attack overnight using 91 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on Putin's state residence in Russia's northwestern Novgorod region.Russia said it would now review its position in peace negotiations. It is not yet clear where Putin was at the time of the alleged attack.President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the claim as "typical Russian lies", and accused Moscow of trying to derail peace talks.He said that Russia had previously targeted government buildings in Kyiv.Zelensky added on X: "It is critical that the world doesn't stay silent now. We...
December 30, 2025

Ukraine denies drone attack on Putin's residence

Displaced people ride an animal-drawn cart, following Rapid Support Forces' attacks on the Zamzam displacement camp, in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, April 15, 2025
US ties $2bn UN aid pledge to sweeping reforms
WASHINGTON — The United States has said it will contribute only $2 billion for UN humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to heavily downsize its role in foreign assistance.The reduced commitment, released on Monday, is a sharp contrast to the assistance the US has provided as the UN’s leading funder in recent years.According to UN data, the traditional US humanitarian funding for UN-backed programs has run as high as $17 billion annually in recent years. US officials said $8-$10 billion of it has been in voluntary contributions.The United States also pays billions in annual dues related to its UN membership.The Western aid cutbacks have been shortsighted, driven millions toward hunger, displacement or disease, and harmed US soft power around the world,...
December 29, 2025

US ties $2bn UN aid pledge to sweeping reforms

The Thai army is seen tending to an injured person following a skirmish along the disputed Thai-Cambodia border on December 7, 2025
Thailand accuses Cambodia of breaking new ceasefire deal
BANGKOK — Thailand has accused Cambodia of breaching a newly-signed ceasefire deal reached after weeks of deadly clashes that forced nearly one million people from their homes.In a statement, the Thai army said more than 250 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were detected flying from the Cambodian side on Sunday night.It comes just hours after China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi praised the "hard-won" ceasefire, and US President Donald Trump praised the "rapid and fair conclusion".The ceasefire took effect at noon local time on Saturday. Both sides agreed to freeze the front lines where they are now, ban reinforcements and allow civilians living in border areas to return as soon as possible.It had been seen as a breakthrough, which came after days of talks between both countries, with...
December 29, 2025

Thailand accuses Cambodia of breaking new ceasefire deal

Turkish police block off a road near the site of the ISIS operation in Elmalik village, Yalova province,, on December 28, 2025
Three Turkish police officers, six IS militants killed in gunfight
ANKARA — Three Turkish police officers and six Islamic State militants were killed in a shootout during a counter-terrorism operation in Yalova province Monday, authorities said.The gunfight in northwest Turkey, in which nine other officers were wounded, took place a week after more than 100 suspected IS members were detained for planning Christmas and New Year attacks.The clash erupted around 3 am local time when police raided a house in Elmalik village, about 9 kilometers from Yalova city centre in the country's northwest, suspected of harbouring IS members. Suspects opened fire as officers approached, triggering an exchange of gunfire.Six IS members were killed in the shootout, according to reports.All wounded officers were taken to Yalova Training and Research Hospital and were...
December 29, 2025

Three Turkish police officers, six IS militants killed in gunfight

A Taiwan Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet prepares to take off inside the airbase in Hsinchu, Taiwan, 29 December 2025. China announced that it would conduct live-fire drills around Taiwan on 30 December. — EPA
China holds war games around Taiwan after lashing out at US arms deal 
HONG KONG — China is holding military drills around Taiwan simulating the seizure and blockade of the island's key areas, as a warning against "separatist forces".Codenamed "Justice Mission 2025", the drills are taking place days after the US announced the sale of one of its largest weapons packages to Taiwan worth $11bn (£8.2bn). That move drew sharp protest from Beijing which in turn sanctioned US defense firms.China’s military announced Monday it was mobilizing army, navy, air and rocket units around Taiwan for “major military drills” aimed at sending a “serious warning” against any push for Taiwanese independence and “external” forcing interfering with the island.The exercises would test combat readiness and “blockade and control of key ports and critical...
December 29, 2025

China holds war games around Taiwan after lashing out at US arms deal 

A handout photo made available by the Presidential Press Service shows US President Donald Trump (R) meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) in Florida, USA, 28 December 2025. — EPA
US, Ukraine make limited progress on peace deal after Trump-Zelensky meeting 
PALM BEACH, Florida — The US security guarantees for Ukraine were "100% agreed", President Volodymyr Zelensky saidfollowing a high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday.The Ukrainian president hailed "great achievements" following a bilateral meeting with his US counterpart, who insisted that Russia's war against Ukraine must end soon.Emerging after more than three hours of talks, neither man announced any major breakthrough in the grinding effort to end the conflict started by Russia in 2022. Both emphasized the process was complicated and would take more time. Trump, who spoke by phone earlier in the day with Russian President Vladimir Putin, still offered a relatively sympathetic view of Moscow’s positions.Zelensky told reporters in Florida that US security...
December 29, 2025

US, Ukraine make limited progress on peace deal after Trump-Zelensky meeting 

Rescue workers carry an injured person after after the Transistmico train derailed in the municipality of Asuncion Ixtaltepec in Oaxaca, Mexico, 28 December 2025.  — EPA
13 dead after Mexico’s Interoceanic train derails
MEXICO CITY — At ‌least 13 ​people were killed after a Interoceanic train derailed in the southern State of Oaxaca, Mexican authorities ​said on Sunday.The Mexican Navy said ​the train was ⁠carrying 250 people, including nine crew members and 241 ​passengers. Of ⁠those on board, 193 were reported to be out of danger, ‌while 98 were injured.President Claudia Sheinbaum said on X ‍that five of the injured were in critical condition.The derailment occurred in Asunción Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca, on the train’s main line between Veracruz and Salina Cruz.In a statement, the navy said that 36 people required hospital care and the rest sustained minor injuries. Hundreds of naval personnel and rescue vehicles have been sent to the scene, it said.An investigation will be opened to...
December 29, 2025

13 dead after Mexico’s Interoceanic train derails

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